In a 5 years study on behalf of the German federal highway research institute (BASt), 71 pavement concretes from 53 highway sections across Germany were examined among other things regarding their residual potential for an alkali-silica reaction (ASR). An empirical approach could be derived for predicting the remaining service life of the concretes...
The study of paleofluvial dynamics is crucial to understand the role of rivers as biogeographic boundaries in Amazonia during the Cenozoic. In central Amazonia, Mesozoic and Cenozoic fluvial deposits - Alter do Chão, Iranduba and Novo Remanso Formations - host supergene iron oxides and record changes in the distribution of flooded and non-flooded (...
Published in SSM - Population Health
• White women were characterized by 4 classes of biomarkers of pre-pregnancy health. Black women were characterized by 2 classes of biomarkers of pre-pregnancy health. • Black (v White) women were 2x as likely to have a preterm or low birthweight birth. • White women in the high-risk BMI and WC class, as compared to the high-risk BP class, had infa...
Published in Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
Fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEM) spectroscopy is a powerful tool to characterize DOM that interacts with heavy metals in MSWI bottom ash (IBA). Here, two fresh IBA samples collected from large MSWI plants were subjected to 33 days of accelerated weathering. Carbon content and fluorescence characterization of DOM and leaching behavior o...
Les latérites sont des formations d’altération épaisses, se formant sous des climats chauds et humides pendant de longues périodes de temps, mais la chronologie de leur développement et les conditions climatiques prévalentes lors de leur formation demeurent complexes. Toutefois, les minéraux secondaires formés dans de ces contextes (e.g. la kaolini...
Published in Environmental research
Hydrogeochemical and Health Risk Assessments of trace elements are integral to groundwater resource assessment, utilization, and human health. Investigation of groundwater chemistry and trace elemental impact on local inhabitants were attempted in Shanmuganadhi basin, Tamilnadu, India. About 60 groundwater samples were collected during the pre-mons...
The dynamics of tropical weathering through time with the formation and long-term evolution of laterite associated with climatic and geodynamic forcing is still a poorly explored issue. To better access this, we focused on lateritic-bauxitic duricrusts from the well-explored, 300 m high Kaw mountain in northeastern French Guiana. Macroscopically ho...
La génération d’images réalistes est un enjeu majeur de l’informatique graphique. Pour relever ce défis il convient de résoudre un ensemble de problèmes variés tels que la modélisation géométrique des scènes, l’étude de modèles d’interactions entre la lumière et les objets et la résolution du transport de la lumière. Si la résolution de ces problèm...
Published in The Gerontologist
Background and Objectives African American women experience faster telomere shortening (i.e., cellular aging) compared with other racial–gender groups. Prior research demonstrates that race and gender interact to influence culturally specific norms for responding to socially-relevant stress and other stress-coping processes, which may affect health...
Published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Recognizing controlling factors of groundwater chemistry in the ophiolite region of the southeastern area of Kermanshah is the aim of this study. The findings reveal that some samples’ calcium, magnesium, and sodium absorption risk is higher than the standard range. Besides, statistical relationships of the data were investigated to recognize the k...
